Roscoea tibetica, D. Boufford 43970--China. Yunnan. Zhongdian Xian. 9 Aug 2017. DSC03874 (318).JPG
Roscoea tibetica, D. Boufford 43970--China. Yunnan. Zhongdian Xian. 9 Aug 2017. DSC03874 (316).JPG
Roscoea tibetica, D. Boufford 43970--China. Yunnan. Zhongdian Xian. 9 Aug 2017. DSC03874 (307).JPG
Roscoea tibetica, D. Boufford 43970--China. Yunnan. Zhongdian Xian. 9 Aug 2017. DSC03874 (314).JPG
Roscoea tibetica, D. Boufford 43970--China. Yunnan. Zhongdian Xian. 9 Aug 2017. DSC03874 (312).JPG
Roscoea tibetica, D. Boufford 43970--China. Yunnan. Zhongdian Xian. 9 Aug 2017. DSC03874 (298).JPG
Roscoea tibetica, D. Boufford 43970--China. Yunnan. Zhongdian Xian. 9 Aug 2017. DSC03874 (302).JPG
Roscoea tibetica, D. Boufford 43970--China. Yunnan. Zhongdian Xian. 9 Aug 2017. DSC03874 (305).JPG
Roscoea tibetica, D. Boufford 43970--China. Yunnan. Zhongdian Xian. 9 Aug 2017. DSC03874 (309).JPG
Roscoea tibetica, D. Boufford 43970--China. Yunnan. Zhongdian Xian. 9 Aug 2017. DSC03874 (308).JPG
Roscoea tibetica, D. Boufford 43970--China. Yunnan. Zhongdian Xian. 9 Aug 2017. DSC03874 (311).JPG
Roscoea tibetica, D. Boufford 43970--China. Yunnan. Zhongdian Xian. 9 Aug 2017. DSC03874 (319).JPG
Roscoea tibetica, D. Boufford 43970--China. Yunnan. Zhongdian Xian. 9 Aug 2017. DSC03874 (315).JPG
Roscoea tibetica, D. Boufford 43970--China. Yunnan. Zhongdian Xian. 9 Aug 2017. DSC03874 (301).JPG
Roscoea tibetica, D. Boufford 43970--China. Yunnan. Zhongdian Xian. 9 Aug 2017. DSC03874 (303).JPG
Roscoea tibetica, D. Boufford 43970--China. Yunnan. Zhongdian Xian. 9 Aug 2017. DSC03874 (306).JPG
Roscoea tibetica, D. Boufford 43970--China. Yunnan. Zhongdian Xian. 9 Aug 2017. DSC03874 (304).JPG
Roscoea tibetica, D. Boufford 43970--China. Yunnan. Zhongdian Xian. 9 Aug 2017. DSC03874 (299).JPG
Native to China South-Central, Myanmar, Tibet (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
China, Yunnan, Xianggelila Xian (Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Shangri-La City)
27.605278, 99.885833
Location Remarks
Xianggelila (Zhongdian) Xian: Xiao Zhongdian. Tianbao Shan, east of Xiao Zhongdian. Narrow valley with cut over Abies-Picea-Larix forest on lower slopes and scree above on both sides of valley; with meadow-like areas near stream and on slope between scree. 3680-3840 m. elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Xin-Hui Ll, Tao Yang
Notes
Dry meadow. Tepals purple.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Zingiberales
Family
Zingiberaceae
Genus
Roscoea
Specific Epithet
tibetica
Authorship
Batalin
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 4.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#104,968 of 335,497
Top 32%
Extinction probability
11%
